Новости за 25.10.2021

Establishments hosting up to 300 vaccinated, seated and masked people will, as of Monday, be able to do away with social-distancing precautions, Chris Fearne told Parliament. The health minister said COVID rules will start being eased for restaurants, każini and weddings among others, and if the number of new cases remained stable, measures will also be lifted for stand-up events from mid-November. He warned that staff also needed to be fully vaccinated. Fearne said he was hoping that as long as the COVID situation remained stable... Читать дальше...

The Italian Football Federation said Monday that it will be investigating a racist chant directed at Victor Osimhen by Roma fans during their goalless draw with Napoli at the weekend. The FIGC said in its statement that a “racially-motivated discriminatory chant” was aimed at Nigeria striker Osimhen, and that its disciplinary authorities would be conducting “further investigations” to determine both how many people chanted the unspecified abuse and how long they did it for. Roma were fined 10,000... Читать дальше...

Sudan's top general declared a state of emergency on Monday as soldiers rounded up civilian leaders, with three people killed as soldiers put down furious protests decrying a coup. General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's announcement in a televised address came after armed forces detained government leaders that have been heading the transition to full civilian rule following the April 2019 ouster of autocrat Omar al-Bashir. "To rectify the revolution's course, we have decided to declare a state of emergency... Читать дальше...

A motorcyclist died after falling off his bike in St Julian's. The 53-year-old Serbian man from Birkirkara was riding along Mikiel Anton Vassalli Road at around 5.15pm, the police said in a statement. He lost control of his BMW motorbike, fell off and was injured. He was rushed to Mater Dei Hospital where he died shortly after. Magisterial and police investigations are ongoing. 

A pensioner who allegedly defiled a 15-year old girl entrusted to his care as a sports coach, was remanded in custody upon his arraignment on Monday evening. The accused had already been convicted of defilement of a minor in the 1970s. The man, whose name was banned upon request by the prosecution to safeguard the girl’s identity, pleaded not guilty to the non-consensual acts, defilement as well as having repeatedly subjected the vulnerable victim to such offensive, humiliating, degrading and intimidating behaviour. Читать дальше...

Tensions in Spain's leftist coalition government flared on Monday over a promised reform of a landmark 2012 labour reform, with the two ruling parties split over the scope of the proposed changes. Changes to the labour law are one of the reforms Brussels expects by the end of the year in exchange for Spain getting the full €140 billion promised the country from the European Commission's massive coronavirus economic recovery programme. The previous conservative government passed the reform in a... Читать дальше...

The prime minister believes Konrad Mizzi should appear before parliament's public accounts committee to answer questions about the Electrogas power station contract. "Without a doubt. I always believed that. Yes," Robert Abela replied when asked whether the former Labour minister turned independent MP should answer the committee's call.  On Monday, Konrad Mizzi told parliament's Public Accounts Committee that he would not turn up for questioning this week.   Mizzi was due to appear before the committee on Tuesday... Читать дальше...

A bouncer, who allegedly assaulted a British tourist involved in an argument at a Paceville bar on Saturday night, was granted bail after the alleged victim and his partner testified before their departure on Monday. Zarko Tramosljanin, a 27-year old Serbian maintenance worker from San Ġwann, was escorted to court under arrest charged with grievously injuring the Briton outside Hugo’s Terrace in the very early hours of Sunday morning.  He was also charged with disturbing the public peace and working... Читать дальше...

Online payments giant PayPal has said it is not seeking to buy Pinterest, ending days of speculation that had prompted shares in the image-sharing site to soar. Bloomberg had reported last week that the two California-based companies were discussing an acquisition price of $70 (€60) per share, which would value Pinterest at about $44 billion taking into account the total outstanding shares. At this price it would have been the biggest ever acquisition of a social media company, but reports at the time had said a deal was not certain. Читать дальше...

Adrian Delia vowed the Opposition would offer its support to the government in terminating the hospitals deal with Steward Healthcare. Speaking in Parliament, the former Opposition leader said Steward themselves are alleging that the original concession given to Vitals Global Healthcare (VGH) to run three public hospitals may be the result of fraud. VGH was granted a €2billion concession to run the Gozo, Karin Grech and St Luke's hospitals in 2015, despite having no experience in healthcare. ... Читать дальше...

Betting accumulators are a fantastic feature designed by sportsbooks to boost odds. However, IZIBET, Malta’s premium betting brand, has turbo-boosted this feature to offer so much more. Bonus on Multiples is an exclusive IZIBET online feature that gives you the opportunity not only to have your odds enhanced, but also to give you bonuses on top of these increased odds. The more you add to your bet, the bigger your bonus will be. Boost your odds Regular accumulator bets allow players to add multiple... Читать дальше...

Swedish car brand Volvo said on Monday it has set a fixed share price of 53 kronor (€5.32) for its listing on the Stockholm stock exchange later this week. The price is at the bottom end of the range that Volvo announced last week – which was between 53 and 68 kronor per share – ahead of its initial public offering (IPO). In a statement on Monday, the carmaker also lowered the amount it plans to raise by going public from 25 billion kronor ($2.9 billion) to 20 billion kronor ($2.3 billion). And... Читать дальше...

Ħamrun Spartans are running the rule over a Slovakian midfielder who has played in the Italian Serie A, the Times of Malta can confirm. David Ivan is a 26-year-old midfielder who arrived in Malta on Monday and is expected to attend his first training session under coach Mark Buttigieg this evening. Born in Bratislava, Ivan came through the youth ranks of Nitra and in 2011 he joined the youth team of Serie A side Sampdoria. After a few years playing for the U-19 side, Ivan was promoted to the Blucerchiati... Читать дальше...

Hertz announced on Monday an order to buy 100,000 cars from Tesla by the end of 2022 in the latest embrace of electric car technology by the car industry. The car rental giant, which emerged from a bankruptcy reorganisation earlier this year, said the electric vehicles (EV) would be available “in US major markets and select cities in Europe” beginning in early November, according to a Hertz press release. Hertz is also installing EV charging stations at its locations. “Electric vehicles are now mainstream... Читать дальше...

Updated 6.25pm The next general election will not be held this year, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Monday.  Abela put speculation about a snap 2021 election to bed on Monday afternoon, telling reporters that the country would not go to the polls until the next year.  The Labour government's term runs until June 2022, but speculation about an early election had been mounting in recent months.  Abela speaks to reporters on Monday. Video: Matthew Mirabelli Abela had previously dodged questions about the election date... Читать дальше...

Stocks in Scandinavian airline SAS tumbled on Monday after its chief executive said the company was fighting for its survival and must cut costs. “When I see what the market looks like today, how our clients are changing, and the size of our debt, it’s absolutely clear that we have to do things very differently,” Anko Van der Werff, who took over as CEO in July, told Danish business newspaper Finans late on Sunday. “It is a fight to change SAS so that we have a future.” SAS is currently facing several problems... Читать дальше...

Manchester United’s historic 5-0 thrashing at the hands of fierce rivals Liverpool has left manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer clinging to his job despite signing a new three-year deal just three months ago. Solskjaer has failed to win a trophy in nearly three years in charge at Old Trafford and tangible signs of progress after finishing second in the Premier League last season have been blown away amid a run of five defeats in their last nine games. United are already eight points off the pace at the... Читать дальше...

A former minister who now serves as Malta's top diplomat in the UK has been accused of being involved in fuel smuggling and money laundering. Manuel Mallia denied the claims, made by former book council head Mark Camilleri on social media on Monday.  Camilleri claimed that Mallia, now Malta’s High Commissioner to the UK, not only abetted and aided the money laundering of proceeds from Libyan contraband fuel, but was also "invested" in this black business. "Emmanuel Mallia owned a ship along with... Читать дальше...

Alec Baldwin was rehearsing a scene that involved pointing a prop gun at the camera lens when he fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, US media reported, citing an affidavit recording his director's account of the tragedy. Director Joel Souza, who was standing behind Hutchins when the gun fired, said he heard what "sounded like a whip and then loud pop", according to the affidavit released to US media on Sunday. Souza said Baldwin was "sitting in a pew in a church building setting, and he was practising a cross draw. Читать дальше...

This electric car race is heating up, isn’t it? A few years ago things were pretty limited in terms of EV selection, while these days there are more offerings coming to the market than ever before – and here’s another one, Kia’s EV6. Utilising the same basic platform as the one you’ll find under the Hyundai Ioniq 5 but swathed in a strikingly different body, the EV6 looks to extend Kia’s already wide range of electrified cars and push things in a slightly sportier direction. We’ve been finding out what it’s like. Читать дальше...

A record number of sports matches are likely to be fixed in 2021 after the Covid pandemic “added fuel to the fire”, an executive at one of the world’s leading sports technology companies has told AFP. Sportradar Integrity Services, a global supplier of sport integrity solutions and partner to over 100 sports federations and leagues, says it has detected more than 1,100 suspicious sports matches across the world since the pandemic started in April 2020.  More than 650 of those were detected in the first nine months of 2021. Читать дальше...

Thirteen new COVID-19 cases were reported on Monday, with the health authorities saying that 13 virus patients are in hospital, four in critical care. On Sunday, 12 new cases were reported and there were 12 virus patients in hospital. 21 patients were declared recovered on Monday, leaving 219 active cases. The number of virus vaccine jabs rose to 867,820 including 44,830 booster shots. 

A couple has successfully challenged the mandatory forfeiture of bail money in case of a conviction for breaching bail conditions, benefiting from recent legal amendments.   Maria Patricia De Las Heras and Christoph Jorge Valdivia Docio, both 36-year old Spanish nationals, were fined €500 and ordered to forfeit €300 out of the €5,000 personal guarantee that had been imposed upon each of them as one of the conditions for bail. The two had been arrested last year, along with four other Spanish friends... Читать дальше...

Former European Commissioner John Dalli has written to all Maltese MPs following a European Parliament resolution calling for an investigation into the Pandora Papers. Times of Malta exposed how Dalli had hidden his interests in a British Virgin Islands company found in the Pandora Papers. In an e-mail to all local MPs, Dalli said he was writing to them after the “corrupt media in Malta have been hiding to spin the perception that I used a BVI company for some illicit purpose”. He described Times... Читать дальше...

More than 5,000 children still do not have access to a computer, laptop or tablet to do their homework or follow classes online, according to a survey that exposed a digital divide made more acute by the COVID-19 pandemic. This emerged through a MISCO survey carried out this summer which showed that 11 per cent of the 350 families interviewed did not have enough equipment for all their children — equivalent to more than 5,000 children in Malta. The situation seems to be more prevalent among those... Читать дальше...